Schapelle Corby has been released from Bali's Kerobokan prison to start serving parole.
A media pack gathered to see the convicted drug smuggler escorted from the jail in a police van to finalise paperwork at the prosecutor and corrections office.
The 36-year-old has served nine years of a 20-year sentence for smuggling more than four kilograms of marijuana into Indonesia.
Peter Ford is a Melbourne-based entertainment journalist.
He told Greg Dyett why he thinks that Schapelle Corby is attracting a huge deal of media attention.
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